Garden Photos
 A
growing collection of pictures from our gardens including information on the plants.
See some of the vegetables, herbs and flowers that are frequently
grown in backyard gardens, flower beds, or even in pots across the
southeast.
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Top Ten Backyard Wildflowers
 Wildflowers
are advantageous in the garden for more reasons than their beauty. Their
price is right and some of them attract butterflies and hummingbirds as
well. <Top 10 Backyard Wildflowers>
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Late Spring
Vegetables
 Crop
planting season for summer vegetable gardens usually lasts one month from
the average frost-free date. "Then there are those of us in May who are
only now getting around to planting a vegetable garden," <Late
Spring Vegetables>
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Make Gardening Educational, Fun For Kids
 Gardening
can be a great learning experience for children, even the very young. It
gives them an opportunity to watch life unfold and develop. <Kids
& Gardening>
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Butterfly Bush
 Butterfly
bush, are becoming an increasingly popular plant in the home landscape,
according to LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Allen Owings <butterfly
Bush>
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Pruning Summer Blackberries
Summer pruning of blackberries is an important management tool. It is
helpful in fruit harvesting, controlling insects and controlling diseases <Pruning
Blackberries>
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Summer Tomatoes
Summers are a tough time for tomatoes to set and hold fruit. The heat
causes irregular flower growth in most cultivars, and the result is poor
fruit set
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Vegetables Fight Disease
 Most
people do not consume adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables. Yet, these
foods are important weapons against chronic disease, according to LSU
AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. <Vegetables
Fight Disease>
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Choosing Hedge Trimmers
Popular electric hedge trimmers have two blades with multiple teeth. One
blade moves back and forth over the other, shearing the plant material as
the teeth on the two blades pass each other.
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Trimmers>
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Fall Vegetable
Garden Plan
 "In
the fall, we go from too hot to too cold," Koske says, but adds, "Too cold
isn’t all that bad unless there’s an early killing frost." Overall,
though, he says fall garden preparation is similar to spring planting. <Fall
Garden>
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Common
Garden Pests
 A
collection of photographs covering garden pests. Mostly insects, the list
includes Japanese Beetle, Squash Bugs, caterpillars and more.
<Garden Pest
Photos>
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Vegetables To Plant In April
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In April, plant pole and bush snap beans as well as pole and bush lima
beans. Plant butter pea seeds, collards, sweet corn, cucumber, summer and <Vegetables
To Plant In April>
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Our
Garden 2010
A
little information on our personal garden for the 2010 year growing
season.
<Our Garden 2010>
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Our
Garden 2011
A
little information on our personal garden for the 2011 year growing
season.
<Our Garden 2011>
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Related Links
& Resources:
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chives in the garden
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Fruits And Vegetables To Fight Disease
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Blueberries
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